Sheep on the White House lawn – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Sheep on the White House lawn. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Sheep on the White House lawn
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Sheep grazing on the White House grounds is the unusual feature here, a sight that would have been striking to passersby in the late summer of 1919. The Library of Congress dates the photograph to about August 27, 1919, based on an older caption card, and it was taken by the Harris & Ewing studio, a Washington firm known for its press and portrait work. During the First World War and its aftermath, grazing livestock on the lawn was a practical way to keep the grass trimmed when labor and mowing equipment were in short supply. The picture is a useful glimpse of how wartime economy reached even the President's house.
| Created / published | c1919 Aug. 27. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | J236323 U.S. Copyright Office Photo by Harris & Ewing. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,042 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-128290 |
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